Back!

Earlier in the week we were "Up North" vacationing with my SIL and her family at a cottage they rented for the week.  Hubby went water skiing and tubing while I was photographer and spotter.  One goal was to get SIL's entire family (3 kids ranging in age from 8 to 16, SIL, and BIL holding a 3 year old) up on water skis so I could get a picture for them to use for their Christmas card.  It took several tries but it was a success!

Besides going out on the boat, I finished one book and read another from front to back.  I also finished the first portion of Caramello...265 stitches.  Now I'm ready to start the fan and feather portion.

What would a vacation be without checking out the local quilt shop?!?!  I bought 3 charm packs of Adoring, 2 hanks of yarn, and two 40" needles - one size 2 and the other size 3 (so I have more room when I knit shawls).

When we got back, we were surprised to see that someone else had come back.....our duck.  He had been gone for over a month b/c he molted his flight feathers.  We think he had been spending the night at one of the neighbor's ponds and must not have been able to fly back home.  (Guess for a duck it would have been a pretty long walk.)  We're glad he remembered where home was once he could fly again.  The goose is happy to have her buddy back too.